linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] devres: introduce API "devm

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:18:44 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Manish Badarkhe <badarkhe.manish@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	broonie@...nel.org, lgirdwood@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] devres: introduce API "devm_kstrdup"

On Wed, 2014-01-29 at 09:33 +0530, Manish Badarkhe wrote:
> This patch introduces "devm_kstrdup" API so that the
> device's driver can allocate memory and copy string.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
[]
> @@ -791,6 +791,32 @@ void * devm_kmalloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_kmalloc);
>  
>  /**
> + * devm_kstrdup - Allocate resource managed space and
> + *                and copy an existing string
> + * @dev: Device to allocate memory for
> + * @s: the string to duplicate
> + * @size: Allocation size

Why is size necessary at all?
I think it should be calculated by strlen

> +char *devm_kstrdup(struct device *dev,
> +		   const char *s, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> +	char *buf;
> +
> +	if (!s)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	buf = devm_kzalloc(dev, size, gfp);

If this is really necessary, please use devm_kmalloc


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